A two-block portion of the planned Veterans Boulevard Corridor Project looking southeast toward Highway 99, seen Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Fresno, Calif. This portion is located between Hayes and Sierra avenues, just south of Herndon Avenue between Saroyan Elementary and River Bluff Elementary schools. Eric Paul ZamoraFresno Bee file

A two-block portion of the planned Veterans Boulevard Corridor Project looking southeast toward Highway 99, seen Thursday, April 21, 2016, in Fresno, Calif. This portion is located between Hayes and Sierra avenues, just south of Herndon Avenue between Saroyan Elementary and River Bluff Elementary schools. Eric Paul ZamoraFresno Bee file